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Porous spheres: Direct observation of interethnic interaction in a small midwestern community
(Cambio Center, 2012)
difference between what people say they (or others) do and what they actually do. In my research I relied on the direct observation of people interacting (or not) in public places in a small Midwestern community with a sizeable Latino population. This study...
Protection for Undocumented Children Sexual Abuse Among Latino Children Living in The Heartland
(Cambio Center, 2013)
This paper is an exploration on the topic of childhood sexual abuse among the Latino population and specifically of the undocumented Latino population living in the communities that we serve. The basic child protection needs of undocumented Latino...
Developing Social Capitals Latino Immigrants in Three Rural Missouri Communities
(Cambio Center, 2010)
The current study employs the sustainable livelihoods strategies model to examine the integration process in three rural communities in Missouri. Community development specialists and rural economists have widely used SLSM, which has evolved since...
Perceptions of Community Climate Among Latino Immigrants in Three Rural Communities in the Midwest
(Cambio Center, 2010)
on the context of reception experienced by these newcomers in the communities where they settled. Participants were Latino adults (n = 50; 24 men, 26 women) who resided in one of three rural communities in different areas of the state. Focus groups interviews...
Immigration enforcement in America's Heartland
(Cambio Center, 2012)
America's Heartland is now home to surging immigrant populations that buoy state and local communities. Rather than explore how to integrate foreign-born newcomers, state and local leaders (e.g., legislators, law enforcement agencies) accelerated...
Trauma exposure during immigration: important considerations for professionals working with Latina immigrant populations
(Cambio Center, 2013)
Latina immigrants represent a population that has been historically under-served an exploited (Ojeda, Flores, Meza & Morales, 2011). Therefore, it is the responsibility of professionals that work with this vulnerable group ...
Human Social and Cultural Capitals among Latino Gardeners in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa
(Cambio Center, 2011)
This paper explores different community capitals among Latinos participating in community gardens and farmer starter programs in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa. Using the community capital framework, this study describes what makes it possible...
Developing effective life skills for Latino student success : a 4-H science project
(Cambio Center, 2015)
presented participants with the problem of programming a robot to clean up a simulated environmental spill. Washington State University modified the challenge to ensure that Latino youth across the country could participate, with results that indicated...
The importance of social networks on Latino Immigrants' Well-being in Rural Missouri
(Cambio Center, 2010)
important, and our objective is to assess the impact of these social networks on immigrants' well-being in both Latino and selected Missouri rural communities. Using Sustainable Livelihoods framework as a starting point, this research intends to assess...
U.S. Race Politics: Learning from the Experiences of African Americans
(Cambio Center, 2010)
in American politics. The three markers include Chief Justice Taney's decision in Dred Scott (1857), the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) and Harold Washington's Chicago Mayoral Campaign in 1983. These events...
Teaching the Right Curriculum Strengthening the Values of Latino Families
(Cambio Center, 2011)
audience. The University of Missouri Connecting for Families program created a program for low-income parents that works for Latino families with the goal of building healthy relationships, which help foster healthy children. Each lesson has been piloted...
On Being a Mexican American: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Identity Construction
(Cambio Center, 2014)
This article uses autoethnography to frame a larger conceptual/theoretical discussion of the identity categories based in the intersections of race/ethnicity, nationality, and immigration for the immigrant third generation ...
Exploring Successful Aging Among Foreign-born Latinos and Other Immigrant Groups in Saint Louis, Missouri
(Cambio Center, 2014)
groups in the region. As Latinos become one of the fastest growing populations in the heartland of the U.S., a better understanding of the variables associated with positive aging experiences of Latinos in Saint Louis, as well as the similarities...
Explaining the Relations Between Acculturative Stress and Prosocial Behaviors in Latino Youth from the Midwest
(Cambio Center, 2015)
Stressful experiences may weaken coping mechanisms, lead to maladjustment in adolescents (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984), and may also influence adolescents' relationships with their peers. Latino adolescents face unique forms of stress associated...
Exploring individual, family, and community factors predicting business success in Hispanic and Latino experiences
(Cambio Center, 2012)
This research examines what selected individual, family, and community factors best predict Hispanic/Latino male and female entrepreneurs? engagement in entrepreneurial activities and business success. In this study, individual factors...
Reexamining Citizenship: Best Practices of St. Louis Spanish Immersion Schools
(Cambio Center, 2010)
on the strengths of the Hispanic/Latino community and its primary language of Spanish. Casa de Niños is a preschool program built on the Montessori philosophy that primarily serves children through age 5. The St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, a nonprofit...
Representation of immigrants and other social actors in a local Missouri newspaper: A linguistic analysis
(Cambio Center, 2010)
Each summer hundreds of migrants, the majority of whom were born in Spanish-speaking countries, arrive in Lafayette County (Missouri) to work on the apple orchards in the towns of Lexington, Waverly, Dover and Wellington. Their contact with local...
Examining the Health Literacy of Rural Latina Immigrant Mothers and Their Use of the Internet to Seek Health Information
(Cambio Center, 2014)
health was not related to children's or mothers' health status. www.cambio.missouri.edu/Library/ Keywords: health literacy, Latino health, Latino mothers, Internet usage...
Networks and Context of Reception in Accumulation Strategies of Latinos in Rural Communities of the Midwest - A Quantitative Analysis
(Cambio Center, 2010)
of the south and the Midwest (Hernandez 2005). The heartland of rural America is experiencing demographic changes that are unprecedented in both their fast pace and diversity they bring to otherwise uniform areas. According to the 2000 Census, Hispanic?s...
Multicultural needs assessment of extension educators
(Cambio Center, 2016)
Oklahoma State University's College of Human Sciences and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) have developed a multicultural and community engagement program to determine intercultural training needs. The program conducted a study...